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Images of America: Wisconsin S...In 1897 the Wisconsin state legislature approved the creation of the Wisconsin... In 1897 the Wisconsin state legislature approved the creation of the Wisconsin State Reformatory on a 200-acre site between Green Bay and De Pere. It was born during a period of profound change when liberal reformers began to question the... more
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American Encounters/Global Int...Latin America experienced an epochal cycle of revolutionary upheavals and insu... Latin America experienced an epochal cycle of revolutionary upheavals and insurgencies during the twentieth century from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 through the mobilizations and terror in Central America the Southern Cone and the Andes during... more
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Race Empire and First World Wa...This volume brings together an international cast of scholars from a variety o... This volume brings together an international cast of scholars from a variety of fields to examine the racial and colonial aspects of the First World War and show how issues of race and empire shaped its literature and culture. The global nature of... more
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Binding Their Wounds: America ...The victims of US military campaigns are usually nameless civilians in far awa... The victims of US military campaigns are usually nameless civilians in far away places but there are also victims closer to home - the soldiers so often used and then discarded by the establishment. Binding Their Wounds is a book about US veterans... more
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International Library of Twent...The celebrations which marked the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the E... The celebrations which marked the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union on 1st May 2004 signalled the end of a fourteen year process since the island had first applied to join - and the end of six full years of complicated and... more
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Contemporary Black History Bla...Taking an interdisciplinary approach this book analyzes Black women s involvem... Taking an interdisciplinary approach this book analyzes Black women s involvement in American political life focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001 and why in many cases they did not succeed. more
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Choctaw Crime and Punishment 1...During the decades between the Civil War and the establishment of Oklahoma sta... During the decades between the Civil War and the establishment of Oklahoma statehood Choctaws suffered almost daily from murders thefts and assaults—usually at the hands of white intruders but increasingly by Choctaws themselves. This book focuses... more
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Race and Slavery in the Middle...In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migr... In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves... more
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Into the Crater: The Mine Atta...A comprehensive examination of the iconic Civil War battle its tragic outcome ... A comprehensive examination of the iconic Civil War battle its tragic outcome and the personalities involved The battle of the Crater on July 30 1864 was the defining event in the 292-day campaign around Petersburg Virginia in the Civil War and one... more
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Library of America Adams Famil...Gordon S. Wood present the first comprehensive selection of John Adams s vital... Gordon S. Wood present the first comprehensive selection of John Adams s vitally important writing for the general reader three fully-annotated volumes charting his entire extraordinary career. This second of three volumes gathering the essential... more
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Routledge Advances in Middle E...This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria ... This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays. Avoiding an essentialist approach Jordi Tejel provides fine complex and sometimes paradoxical analysis about the... more
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The Ghosts of Cannae : Hanniba...NATIONAL BESTSELLER For millennia Carthage s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 21... NATIONAL BESTSELLER For millennia Carthage s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal s most unexpected innovative and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O Connell one of the... more
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Michael Collins and the Anglo-...As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Ar... As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Michael Collins developed a bold new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its... more
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History of USN Operations in W...This first volume explores all U. S. naval operations in the Atlantic includin... This first volume explores all U. S. naval operations in the Atlantic including the Caribbean Gulf of Mexico Barents Sea and the defense of American shores and ships with much attention given to the war against the German U-boats. This edition will... more
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New Vanguard: US Fast Battlesh...This volume details the design construction and operation of the first six of ... This volume details the design construction and operation of the first six of the ten US fast battleships two of the North Carolina class and four of the South Dakota class. These six battleships were all authorized in 1936 and were the first... more
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World in the Balance : The Per...In mid-1940 the British Expeditionary Force desperately attempted to flee the ... In mid-1940 the British Expeditionary Force desperately attempted to flee the small French port of Dunkirk and reach British shores. France was falling and the men were well aware that the German army had already conquered Poland Denmark Norway... more
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Fdr s Funeral Train: A Betraye...Weaving together information from long-forgotten diaries and declassified Secr... Weaving together information from long-forgotten diaries and declassified Secret Service documents journalist and historian Robert Klara exposes the private tensions and conflicts of a journey long shrouded in mystery. In April 1945 the funeral... more
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When London Was Capital of Ame...In the years before independence the famous city’s heyday as a beacon for co... In the years before independence the famous city’s heyday as a beacon for colonial Americans more
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Warfare and Culture Rustic War...The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers or ... The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers or British white settlers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire fight against New France and her Native American allies with minimal involvement from England. Most British... more
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Holocaust by Bullets - Paperba...The poignant story of how a Catholic priest uncovered the truth behind the mur... The poignant story of how a Catholic priest uncovered the truth behind the murder of one and a half million Ukrainian Jews Father Patrick Desbois documents the daunting task of identifying and examining all the sites where Jews were exterminated by... more
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New Histories of American Law ...For more than a generation historians and legal scholars have documented inequ... For more than a generation historians and legal scholars have documented inequalities at the heart of American law and daily life and exposed inconsistencies in the generic category of American citizenship. Welke draws on that wealth of historical... more
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Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chines...At the twilight of the nineteenth century China sent a detachment of boys to A... At the twilight of the nineteenth century China sent a detachment of boys to America in order to learn the ways of the West modernize the antiquated empire and defend it from foreigners invading its shores. After spending a decade in New England s... more
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American Patriotism American P...During the 1970s and beyond political causes both left and right--the gay righ... During the 1970s and beyond political causes both left and right--the gay rights movement second-wave feminism the protests against busing to desegregate schools the tax revolt and the anti-abortion struggle--drew inspiration from the protest... more
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Our Vietnam : The War 1954-197...Winner of the Overseas Press Club s Cornelius J. Ryan Award for Best Nonfictio... Winner of the Overseas Press Club s Cornelius J. Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book the Commonwealth Club of California s Gold Medal for Nonfiction and the PEN Center West Award for Best Research NonfictionTwenty-five years after the end of the... more
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Studies in Postwar American Po...The chaotic events leading up to Mitt Romney s defeat in the 2012 election ind... The chaotic events leading up to Mitt Romney s defeat in the 2012 election indicated how far the Republican Party had rocketed rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threatened to shut down the government and force... more
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Images of America: San Francis...The prestige of Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights has long fascinated and a... The prestige of Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights has long fascinated and awed San Francisco residents and visitors. The westward expansion of the city followed by the addition of cable car lines quickly transformed these once-barren outlands... more
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The Holocaust : A Concise Hist...In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century Doris Bergen ... In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century Doris Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical political social cultural and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust this history traces not only the... more
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New Approaches to the Americas...This survey is a synthesis of the economic social cultural and political histo... This survey is a synthesis of the economic social cultural and political history of the Atlantic slave trade providing the general reader with a basic understanding of the current state of scholarly knowledge of forced African migration and compares... more
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Zones of Violence Frontiers of...Northeast Africa has one of the richest histories in the world and yet also on... Northeast Africa has one of the richest histories in the world and yet also one of the most violent. Richard Reid offers an historical analysis of violent conflict in northeast Africa through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries incorporating the... more
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Righteous Victims: A History o...A New York Times Notable Book At a time when the Middle East has come closer t... A New York Times Notable Book At a time when the Middle East has come closer to achieving peace than ever before eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris explodes the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations... more
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Irish Canadian Conflict and th...Robert McLaughlin finds new interpretations of how Orange Canadian unionists a... Robert McLaughlin finds new interpretations of how Orange Canadian unionists and Irish Canadian nationalists viewed their heritage their membership in the British Empire and even Canadian citizenship itself. more
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Survival of Rural America: Sma...On the high plains of Kansas the future of rural America is at stake. Small fa... On the high plains of Kansas the future of rural America is at stake. Small farming communities are the heart and soul of America but it s no secret that they re under siege. Family farms are disappearing and manufacturing is outsourced. Schools... more
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Joe Jones: Radical Painter of ...This groundbreaking volume is a long-overdue consideration of the life and wor... This groundbreaking volume is a long-overdue consideration of the life and work of Joe Jones (1909-1963) an American scene painter and social realist from St. Louis. The book examines Jones s meteoric rise from humble housepainter to established... more
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As If an Enemy s Country : The...As If an Enemy s Country : The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of... As If an Enemy s Country : The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution more
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Stalking the Red Bear: The Tru...Thrilling submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy s \ silent s... Thrilling submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy s \ silent service\ Stalking the Red Bear for the first time ever describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold... more
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Endless War : Middle-Eastern I...A former Military Intelligence officer Peters extends his successful series on... A former Military Intelligence officer Peters extends his successful series on strategy and security affairs that have won him diehard fans for his insight firsthand experience and frankness. more
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The Horse the Wheel and Langua...A fascinating look into the origins of modern man. --Publishers Weekly A book ... A fascinating look into the origins of modern man. --Publishers Weekly A book that solves the mystery of the people who spread the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and the other languages spoken by half of humanity today Authoritative.... more
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Moon : A Brief History (Paperb...An entertaining often surprising cultural examination of Earth s moon through ... An entertaining often surprising cultural examination of Earth s moon through history science and literature from ancient times to the present Werewolves and Wernher von Braun Stonehenge and the sex lives of sea corals aboriginal myths and an... more
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A Generation at War: The Civil...For all that has been written about the Civil War s impact on the urban northe... For all that has been written about the Civil War s impact on the urban northeast and southern home fronts we have until now lacked a detailed picture of how it affected specific communities in the Union s Midwestern heartland. Nicole Etcheson... more
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The Crimes of Paris: A True St...Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. P... Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters scientists revolutionaries poets -- all were there. But so too were the shadows: Paris was a violent criminal place its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache... more
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Empires of the Indus: The Stor...One of the largest rivers in the world the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountain... One of the largest rivers in the world the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god used as a tool of imperial expansion and today is the cement of Pakistan... more
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New Studies in European Histor...The process of globalisation in the late nineteenth century had a profound eff... The process of globalisation in the late nineteenth century had a profound effect on the trajectories of German nationalism. While the existing literature on the subject has largely remained within the confines of national history Sebastian Conrad... more
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Escape from Davao: The Forgott...One of the greatest Pacific war stories never told. On April 4 1943 ten Americ... One of the greatest Pacific war stories never told. On April 4 1943 ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts--nicknamed the Davao Dozen --executed a daring escape from one of Japan s most notorious prison camps. Called the greatest... more
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From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinn...9780809047949. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 224. ... 9780809047949. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 224. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Unspecified. A short elegant overview of politics at the close of the nineteenth century In the wake of civil war... more
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History of USN Operations in W...Volume 7 picks up operations in the Aleutians after the Battle of Midway and c... Volume 7 picks up operations in the Aleutians after the Battle of Midway and carries through to the capture of Attu and Kiska including the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Morison who took part in Operation Galvanic describes in detail the... more
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Sport and the Military (Paperb...On battleships behind the trenches of the Western Front and in the midst of th... On battleships behind the trenches of the Western Front and in the midst of the Desert War British servicemen and women have played sport in the least promising circumstances. When 400 soldiers were asked in Burma in 1946 what they liked about the... more
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Public Works: Infrastructure I...In Public Works: Infrastructure Irish Modernism and the Postcolonial Michael R... In Public Works: Infrastructure Irish Modernism and the Postcolonial Michael Rubenstein documents the relationship between Irish modernism and a restricted segment of the material culture of the modern state known colloquially as public utilities or... more
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A Measureless Peril : America ...An exciting history told with a novelist s eye and filled with intimate detail... An exciting history told with a novelist s eye and filled with intimate details of the longest and largest battle of WWII--the fight for the Atlantic Ocean. Of all the threats that faced his country in World War II Winston Churchill said just one... more
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Haunted America: Ghosts and Le...The residents of Lake Erie s North coast have trouble leaving-even after they ... The residents of Lake Erie s North coast have trouble leaving-even after they die. The area is flooded with the spirits of locals some friendly some not. See the sorrowful eyes of the Hauntingly Beautiful High School Student who floats the corridors... more
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A Renegade History of the Unit...This provocative perspective on America s history claims that the country s pe... This provocative perspective on America s history claims that the country s personality was defined not by the ideals of the elites and intellectuals but by those who throughout have lived on the fringes of society history--slaves immigrants... more
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Organized Workers and Socialis...First published in 1981 this book a political history of organised labour in J... First published in 1981 this book a political history of organised labour in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s broke ground in research on the Japanese socialist movement by examining the movement from the perspective of the unions which then... more
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Gilded: How Newport Became Ame...A beautifully written history of high society in Newport Rhode Island from the... A beautifully written history of high society in Newport Rhode Island from the acclaimed author of Party of the Century Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the sheltered super-rich. Many of the country s most... more
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Greeks and Parthians in Mesopo...Greeks and Parthians is an innovative archaeologically based investigation int... Greeks and Parthians is an innovative archaeologically based investigation into urban life in Mesopotamia and the northern part of what is now the Persian Gulf from the arrival of Alexander the Great to the end of the Parthian Empire. With detailed... more
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Hell in An Loc : The 1972 East...In 1972 a North Vietnamese offensive of more than 30 000 men raced to capture ... In 1972 a North Vietnamese offensive of more than 30 000 men raced to capture Saigon. All that stood in their way was a small band of 6 800 South Vietnamese (ARVN) soldiers and militiamen and a handful of American advisors with U.S. air support... more
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Palgrave Studies in Cultural a...Can modernity be imagined as a war on affect propelled by the unequal distribu... Can modernity be imagined as a war on affect propelled by the unequal distribution of guilt and fear as major forces of containment? Exploring Walter Benjamin s early texts on violence and religion and bringing them to bear upon contemporary... more
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History of the Trans-Appalachi...From 17th-century French coureurs de bois to lumberjacks of the 19th century W... From 17th-century French coureurs de bois to lumberjacks of the 19th century Wisconsin s frontier era saw thousands arriving from Europe and other areas seeking wealth and opportunity. Indians mixed with these newcomers sometimes helping and... more
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Vietnam Declassified: The CIA ...Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA s effort to help South V... Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA s effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong. Covering the CIA engagement from 1954 to mid-1972 it provides a thorough... more
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The Politics of Equality : An ...Why are socialists communists and social democrats concerned with the distribu... Why are socialists communists and social democrats concerned with the distribution of wealth? Why do they place so much importance on public goods such as education and health care? To what extent does democracy matter to socialist ideologies? In... more
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Seven Events That Made America...The bestselling coauthor of A Patriot s History of the United States examines ... The bestselling coauthor of A Patriot s History of the United States examines some of the pivotal--yet mostly ignored--moments that shaped our history. Every schoolchild is taught the great turning points in American history such as Gettysburg Pearl... more
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Routledge Studies in Archaeolo...There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in... There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique period. Examining Hadrian s Wall and the Roman frontier... more
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Whitehall Histories The Nordic...This book is a collection of diplomatic documents describing the development o... This book is a collection of diplomatic documents describing the development of British relations with the Nordic countries between the end of the Second World War and the defeat of the Labour Government in 1951. The end of the Second World War... more
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M. K. Brown Range Life Series:...Beautifully illustrated with rich black-and-white photographs of ranchwomen at... Beautifully illustrated with rich black-and-white photographs of ranchwomen at work Don’t Make Me Go to Town is a remarkable record of women of strength and determination who are striving to preserve an increasingly rare way of life. more
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Made in Hanford: The Bomb That...On the eve of World War II news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of... On the eve of World War II news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of Germany. Scientists there had split uranium atoms. Researchers in the United States scrambled to verify results and further investigate this new science. Ominously they... more
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The Seabound Coast (Hardcover)Commended for the 2011 Keith Matthews Award From its creation in 1910 the Roya... Commended for the 2011 Keith Matthews Award From its creation in 1910 the Royal Canadian Navy was marked by political debate over the countrys need for a naval service. The Seabound Coast Volume I of a three-volume official history of the RCN traces... more
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The Dutch Atlantic: Slavery Ab...This book interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses ... This book interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society. Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic social... more
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Trade and Civilisation in the ...Before the age of Industrial Revolution the great Asian civilisations - whethe... Before the age of Industrial Revolution the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East India South-East Asia or the Far East - constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced economic development. They were the... more
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Greenwood Press Daily Life Thr...Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs throu... Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history culture and continuing influence written from the perspective of the history of religions. Utilizing insights from the... more
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Greenwood Press Daily Life Thr...This broad exploration captures the lives of ordinary people during the turbul... This broad exploration captures the lives of ordinary people during the turbulent period that transformed early Modern Europe. Organized thematically Daily Life during the Reformation covers the hectic and tumultuous years between 1517 and 1648... more
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The Jew the Cathedral and the ...In the thirteenth century sculptures of Synagoga and Ecclesia - paired female ... In the thirteenth century sculptures of Synagoga and Ecclesia - paired female personifications of the Synagogue defeated and the Church triumphant - became a favored motif on cathedral façades in France and Germany. Throughout the centuries leading... more
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Pretty Modern : Beauty Sex and...This ethnographic account of Brazils emergence as a global leader in plastic s... This ethnographic account of Brazils emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery. more
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City of Strangers: Gulf Migrat...In City of Strangers Andrew M. Gardner explores the everyday experiences of wo... In City of Strangers Andrew M. Gardner explores the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Like all the petroleum-rich states of the Persian Gulf Bahrain hosts an extraordinarily large population of... more
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Boardwalk Empire : The Birth H...Boardwalk Empire : The Birth High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City Boardwalk Empire : The Birth High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City more
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Swat Madness and the Militariz...With the immediacy of a daily newspaper this book reveals how the irresponsibl... With the immediacy of a daily newspaper this book reveals how the irresponsible use of SWAT teams shock-and-awe policing and the increasing militarization of American law enforcement is changing the face of the land of the free. In the United States... more
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Fire and Flames: A History of ...Fire and Flames was the first comprehensive study of the German autonomous mov... Fire and Flames was the first comprehensive study of the German autonomous movement ever published. Released in 1990 it reached its fifth edition by 1997 with the legendary German Konkret journal concluding that the movement had produced its own... more
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Iran s Revolutionary Guard : T...Since the Iranian Revolution more than thirty years ago the Islamic Revolution... Since the Iranian Revolution more than thirty years ago the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also known as the Revolutionary Guard has conducted covert and overt military operations built an economic empire and trained financed and guided... more
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Strategy and History The Germa...This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively... This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was bombed in 1944. In 1997 David T. Zabecki discovered translated copies of these files in a collection... more
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New Press People s History A P...The most destructive war in human history World War II continues to generate a... The most destructive war in human history World War II continues to generate an astonishingly rich trove of historical material writings and first-person recollections which are essential to any appreciation of this most pivotal of historical... more
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Cambridge Economic History of ...Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe which ... Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe which offer a country-by-country approach The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe s economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European with the... more
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